Lego's latest Hubble set lets you look inside one of history's greatest space telescopes
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Thirty-five years after launch, the Hubble Space Telescope is getting the Lego treatment it always deserved.
Released earlier this month for $139.99, the new 1,252-piece Lego Icons Hubble set goes far beyond a pretty display model. Panels come off, the aperture door opens, and inside you'll find brick-built versions of actual instruments still operating today, arranged just as they are in the real telescope.
The build reflects Hubble's current configuration following its final servicing mission in 2009. Gyroscopes, guidance sensors, updated solar arrays, and even a stand-in for the future deorbit capture mechanism are all accounted for.
At roughly 15 inches long and built to 1:35 scale, it's the first Hubble Lego set designed with minifigure scale in mind, complete with an astronaut in a spacesuit.
The display stand marks key mission milestones and features printed images of Hubble's iconic observations, including the breathtaking "Pillars of Creation."
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